The Spirit gives life!!

6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 

2 Corinthians 3:6

We are Ministers of a new covenant. As New born Christians we have chosen to be followers of Christ but not only to follow him, but to make him known everywhere we go. As ministers of this covenant we ought to be bold in our walk. We have to also be sure of what we are doing and know the word of God. But most importantly we have to have the Spirit of God living in us, to understand His word and be able to interpret it and live by it.

We also have to know the difference between Law and Grace. And we have to show in our lives the difference between law and grace. Law is the rules we have to live by, law judges us, and puts us in a category of people, SINNERS. Law shows us our sin, law focuses on what we are doing wrong and should stop doing. But then on the other hand you find Grace.

Grace does not focus on us, but it focuses on God. It shows His never ending love. It shows that even though we are sinners, His love is so great that he takes us away from that category that we were put on by Law, and puts us on a different one. Children of God. Grace bought us from slavery of sin. Grace died on a cross for us, and the blood that was shed on that cross washed us and made us clean. Grace forgets our sin, when we accept it and lets us enter the presence of our King, our Father!

As Ministers of this new Covenant, we should not be the ones to judge others, and tell them they are sinners. We all are sinners. But even then Jesus came. He came for us and died for us despite our sins. When we preach this new covenant, we have to remember that we are not strong enough to save ourselves. We need HIM.

This world is in desperate need for His grace, His love. And as Ministers of His covenant, we have to be so filled with his grace, that it comes out. We represent him.

I work in a spa, and the first thing I realized is, that if you want clients to come to you and buy your products and listen to your advice, you have to be the first to use what you are selling, you have to look the part. You can't go to work with your hair undone, no make-up and look all crappy. You have to look the part for your clients to want to look like you. You have to also believe in what you are selling.

Same principle for when you are a Christian trying to reach out to others. You have to believe in Him, your life has to be proof of what you are preaching. Those around you must see, that even though you are not perfect, and that being a christian isn't easy, it is the Way.
Show grace to others, be kind. Don't try to act like you know better or that you are better, because you sin less. You also need saving. You need Grace as much as all of us.

Today I want to encourage you with this: Show grace to others. Be the living example of who Jesus is in you. Be different than the rest. Jesus is a revolutionary, He doesn't follow the crowd and he surely doesn't want you to do that. Be an example. Let those around you see that even though there are lots of people who claim to be christian but their actions show different. You are different, you don't just claim to be one, you are one. Jesus is alive. And the Spirit that he has send to live within you Gives Life!

God bless you!